HONG KONG, CHINA
For our last day together, Mom, Mike and I spent the morning at the Hong Kong Museum of History, which despite its name is actually in Kowloon. It rather ambitiously attempts to cover the region's evolution from over 400 million years ago to the present day, and actually does a pretty good job, given that huge time frame! Naturally, the exhibits focus most closely on the past several hundred years, with a lot of interesting information about the Opium Wars, the island's cession to Britain, and the Japanese occupation during World War II.
After that, we headed to the Star Ferry Terminal, where we paid a ridiculously small fee (something like a quarter) to take a ferry across the harbor to central Hong Kong (we did so mainly for the view of the city as we crossed the harbor). Once there, we caught a cab to Times Square, which unlike its American namesake, is just a high-end shopping mall where Mike attempted to find some good deals on electronics--no luck on that front, though.
Later in the afternoon, we attempted to relive HK's colonial days by having High Tea at the Intercontinental Hotel, which was quite pleasant, especially for the restaurant's fantastic view of the city through huge glass windows. Having not quite stuffed ourselves silly, we then had dinner at a Chinese restaurant called Heaven On Earth, which in my opinion didn't quite live up to its name (in heaven you shouldn't have to watch out for bones in your chicken!), although all in all I guess it was pretty good.
For our last day together, Mom, Mike and I spent the morning at the Hong Kong Museum of History, which despite its name is actually in Kowloon. It rather ambitiously attempts to cover the region's evolution from over 400 million years ago to the present day, and actually does a pretty good job, given that huge time frame! Naturally, the exhibits focus most closely on the past several hundred years, with a lot of interesting information about the Opium Wars, the island's cession to Britain, and the Japanese occupation during World War II.
After that, we headed to the Star Ferry Terminal, where we paid a ridiculously small fee (something like a quarter) to take a ferry across the harbor to central Hong Kong (we did so mainly for the view of the city as we crossed the harbor). Once there, we caught a cab to Times Square, which unlike its American namesake, is just a high-end shopping mall where Mike attempted to find some good deals on electronics--no luck on that front, though.
Later in the afternoon, we attempted to relive HK's colonial days by having High Tea at the Intercontinental Hotel, which was quite pleasant, especially for the restaurant's fantastic view of the city through huge glass windows. Having not quite stuffed ourselves silly, we then had dinner at a Chinese restaurant called Heaven On Earth, which in my opinion didn't quite live up to its name (in heaven you shouldn't have to watch out for bones in your chicken!), although all in all I guess it was pretty good.
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